The Aleutian Low, storm tracks, and winter climate variability in the Bering Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 23-26, 2007, Pages 2560-2577

  Rodionov, S N ^a   Bond, N A ^a   Overland, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian Low; Bering Sea; Climate variability; North Pacific; Storm tracks; Winds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ALEUTIAN LOW; BERING SEA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; NORTH PACIFIC; STORM TRACKS; WINDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STORM TRACK; WINTER;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 36749040195     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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